Kenta Shinohara (篠原 健太, Shinohara Kenta), born January 9, 1974 in Chiba Prefecture, is the creator and author of the manga series Sket Dance. He was once the Assistant of Hideaki Sorachi (author of Gintama), where he used the pen name "SHINTAROH NAKAE" (なかえ しんたろう) - an anagram of his actual name.